The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Dorothy Huyler started straw work at the age of six and years later she says she still enjoys it. “I’m real proud to be an honouree today, I was an errand girl for the elder people,” she said. “I grew up in the market and that’s all I know, I just love meeting the tourists […]

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Ten months into its operation the Student Refocus Support Programme sponsored by the North Eastern Pastors’ Alliance (NEPA), is touting a success rate of 80 per cent in its bid to transform the lives of at risk, troubled youth who have been suspended from school and need help. Via a video presentation at a brunch […]

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Police have released the identities of two of the country’s most recent murder victims. The man stabbed to death through Jackfish Drive off Carmichael Road has been identified as Elkin Moss of Jackfish Drive. According to police, around 5:12 a.m. Sunday, Moss was at his home when he reportedly got into an altercation with another […]

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A memorandum of cooperation for civil aviation security was signed yesterday between The Bahamas and the United States, which will allow visitors to be processed more efficiently and comfortably. The memorandum was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fred Mitchell and Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Office of Global Strategies (OGS) […]

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Government officials need to “stand their ground” on the Cuban protests happening in Miami, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Fred Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell, who briefed reporters on the issue yesterday, said he does not plan on meeting with the protestors at all. Protestors demonstrated at the Port of Miami over the weekend […]

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After 14 years, three men were found guilty of the murder of Police Constable Jimmy Ambrose yesterday. The end of a six-week trial saw alleged gang leader Stephen ‘Die’ Stubbs, Andrew Davis and Clinton Evans all guilty of the 23-year-old’s murder. Ambrose was shot outside the former Club Rock on West Bay Street on March […]

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The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is defending itself saying that it is close to the completion of a transport network that supports closed circuit television (CCTV) for the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF). This week, National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage complained that BTC is taking too long to begin the programme. He claimed that […]

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The Royal Bahamas Police Force is now the owner of five brand new fire trucks that are expected to cut response time for the Department of Fire Services. The government shelled out $1.278 million for the vehicles. The vehicles were commissioned by National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage, who got to test drive one of […]

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The murder trial involving alleged killer Stephen ‘Die’ Stubbs is nearing the finish line. After over six weeks of trial, attorneys representing Stubbs and his co-accused Clinton Evans and Andrew Davis presented their closing arguments to a 12-woman jury yesterday. The trio is on its third round of trial for the 1999 murder of police […]

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Former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Keod Smith will have to wait until tomorrow before a judge reads the charges of three different criminal offenses launched against him after his official arraignment was adjourned. The matter stemming from an August 25 altercation he had with attorney Fred Smith, QC. The former MP was scheduled to be […]

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